Hugh
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Hugh
- /hjuː/
Sounds like hew, hue, Hiw · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From the Old French aristocratic and saint's name Hughe, brought to England by Normans, from a short form of Germanic names beginning with Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“heart, mind”), such as Hubert. Cognate with Old English hyġe (“mind, spirit, intellect”). More at high, how.
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages. I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
